Bücher der Reihe Studies in Modern Law and Policy

Provides a comparative account of the development of the employment relationship in four key European countries - the UK, Germany, France and Italy.

"This book had its genesis in my doctoral research undertaken a the University of Oxford" --Acknowledgements.

Examines EU enlargement by studying how domestic constitutional evolution in the member states contributes to European integration. This book looks at constitutional developments and dynamics from the bottom-up, studying how domestic constitutional evolution contributes to European integration.

This book reflects on constitutional balancing from the perspective of fundamental labour rights. It reviews the theoretical debates on judicial balancing and the approaches adopted by the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights, to proceed with a closer assessment of Italian and Spanish judicial traditions.